What are the responsibilities and job description for the Pharmacy Technician, Dispensing Inventory Coordinator 503A (1st shift) position at Empower Pharmacy?
Empower Pharmacy is a visionary healthcare company dedicated to making quality, affordable medication accessible to millions of patients nationwide. As the nation’s most advanced 503A compounding pharmacy and FDA-registered 503B outsourcing facility, we’re redefining what’s possible in personalized medicine and pharmaceutical manufacturing. We’re proud to be recognized as one of Houston’s fastest-growing private companies and ranked #116 in Healthcare & Medical on the Inc. 5000 List for 2025.
Our strength is built on four core values: People, Quality, Service, and Innovation. Guided by these principles, we’ve created a uniquely integrated healthcare platform powered by advanced technology, operational excellence, and a relentless commitment to patient care. From manufacturing and quality control to distribution and customer experience, our teams work together to raise industry standards, expand access to critical medications, and improve outcomes for patients and providers across the country.
At Empower, joining our team means more than starting a new role. It means becoming part of a mission-driven organization that’s transforming healthcare at scale. We invest deeply in our people, encourage bold thinking, and create opportunities for growth, leadership, and innovation at every level. Your ideas matter here, your development is supported, and the work you do has a direct impact on the lives of millions.
If you thrive in a fast-moving, purpose-driven environment where innovation, collaboration, and ambition come together, Empower Pharmacy is the place for you. Let’s transform healthcare together.
Position Summary
Your role as Inventory Coordinator is pivotal in ensuring the integrity, accuracy, and flow of inventory within our pharmacy operations, contributing directly to patient care and operational excellence. You will own the inventory management process, leveraging AI to enhance speed, scale, and decision-making quality. Working within Empower’s highly regulated 503A/503B environment, you will align with our hyper-growth strategy, maintaining compliance and excellence. Our expectations include strategic thinking, execution rigor, and learning agility. As an AI-enabled force multiplier, your impact will be magnified, ensuring quality and efficiency in our mission to produce innovative and accessible treatments.
Responsibilities
Inventory Management
We offer comprehensive benefits to support your health, well-being, and future, including medical, dental, and vision coverage, paid time off, 401(k) matching, wellness perks, IV therapy, and compounded medications. Learn more: https://careers.empowerpharmacy.com/benefits/
Physical Requirements:
While performing the responsibilities of the job, the employee is required to talk and hear. The employee is often required to remain in a stationary position for a significant amount of the workday and frequently use their hands and fingers to handle or feel in order to access, input, and retrieve information from the computer and other office productivity devices. Employees are regularly required to move about the office and around the corporate campus. The employee is regularly required to stand, walk, reach with arms and hands, climb or balance, and to stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl.
Our strength is built on four core values: People, Quality, Service, and Innovation. Guided by these principles, we’ve created a uniquely integrated healthcare platform powered by advanced technology, operational excellence, and a relentless commitment to patient care. From manufacturing and quality control to distribution and customer experience, our teams work together to raise industry standards, expand access to critical medications, and improve outcomes for patients and providers across the country.
At Empower, joining our team means more than starting a new role. It means becoming part of a mission-driven organization that’s transforming healthcare at scale. We invest deeply in our people, encourage bold thinking, and create opportunities for growth, leadership, and innovation at every level. Your ideas matter here, your development is supported, and the work you do has a direct impact on the lives of millions.
If you thrive in a fast-moving, purpose-driven environment where innovation, collaboration, and ambition come together, Empower Pharmacy is the place for you. Let’s transform healthcare together.
Position Summary
Your role as Inventory Coordinator is pivotal in ensuring the integrity, accuracy, and flow of inventory within our pharmacy operations, contributing directly to patient care and operational excellence. You will own the inventory management process, leveraging AI to enhance speed, scale, and decision-making quality. Working within Empower’s highly regulated 503A/503B environment, you will align with our hyper-growth strategy, maintaining compliance and excellence. Our expectations include strategic thinking, execution rigor, and learning agility. As an AI-enabled force multiplier, your impact will be magnified, ensuring quality and efficiency in our mission to produce innovative and accessible treatments.
Responsibilities
Inventory Management
- Product Oversight: Manage compounded and commercial dispensing inventory, ensuring accurate receipt, check-in, and entry of products from suppliers like McKesson, Anda, and Belco Generics. You will facilitate seamless transfers from Non-Sterile and Quality departments, ensuring inventory integrity and flow.
- Audit and Accuracy: Conduct regular audits and updates to inventory sheets and stock rooms. Perform cycle counts, biannual counts, and adhere to First In, First Out (FIFO) procedures to maintain inventory accuracy and compliance within the pharmacy environment.
- Issue Resolution: Handle inventory inquiries, resolve expired medication issues, and perform return-to-stock tasks. Manage pharmacy waste in compliance with protocols and ensure prescription processing efficiency.
- Discrepancy Resolution: Investigate and resolve inventory discrepancies, ensuring the integrity of inventory records. Monitor prescription drug and device recalls, maintaining safety and compliance standards.
- Regulatory Compliance: Ensure proper processing of New York hardcopy prescriptions, upholding Empower’s regulatory standards and enhancing operational quality.
- System Navigation: Clean and calibrate auto-counters, navigate internal systems effectively, and communicate stock concerns promptly, ensuring operational efficiency and accuracy.
- Team Support: Collaborate across departments, including performing dispensing technician duties when needed, to uphold service standards and support pharmacy operations.
- Communication: Foster strong cross-functional relationships, communicating inventory status and needs to ensure seamless operations and timely patient care.
- Innovation and Improvement: Utilize AI tools to identify process improvements, enhancing decision-making quality and operational efficiency.
- Detail-oriented with strong time management and interpersonal skills.
- Proficient in Microsoft Office, including Word, Excel, and Outlook.
- Ability to manage multiple tasks and prioritize effectively in a dynamic environment.
- Strong independent work ethic and self-motivation, capable of adapting quickly.
- Minimum of 1 year of relevant experience in inventory management or a related field.
- High school diploma or equivalent required.
- Certification with the Texas Board of Pharmacy as a Pharmacy Technician is required.
- Proven ability to work in a fast-paced, regulated healthcare environment, ensuring accuracy and efficiency.
- Customer Focus: Builds trust through customer-centric solutions.
- Strategic AI: Guides responsible AI adoption and adaptation.
- Optimizes Work Processes: Drives efficiency with continuous improvement.
- Collaborates: Partners effectively to achieve shared goals.
- Resourcefulness: Secures and deploys resources efficiently.
- Manages Complexity: Simplifies and solves complex challenges.
- Ensures Accountability: Delivers on commitments with integrity.
- Situational Adaptability: Adjusts approach to shifting conditions.
- Communicates Effectively: Tailors messages to diverse audiences.
- People: Empowering people defines who we are.
- Quality: Excellence in every product, every time.
- Service: Serving others is our highest purpose.
- Innovation: Advancing care through technology and discovery.
We offer comprehensive benefits to support your health, well-being, and future, including medical, dental, and vision coverage, paid time off, 401(k) matching, wellness perks, IV therapy, and compounded medications. Learn more: https://careers.empowerpharmacy.com/benefits/
Physical Requirements:
While performing the responsibilities of the job, the employee is required to talk and hear. The employee is often required to remain in a stationary position for a significant amount of the workday and frequently use their hands and fingers to handle or feel in order to access, input, and retrieve information from the computer and other office productivity devices. Employees are regularly required to move about the office and around the corporate campus. The employee is regularly required to stand, walk, reach with arms and hands, climb or balance, and to stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl.